Oud Beersel Oude Geuze

Brewed by Brouwerij Oud Beersel
Style: Lambic - Gueuze
Beersel, Belgium

bottle thanks to bleeng. shared at the March Houston Tasting. Pours a clear, gold with a thin, white head. Nose of orange rind, musty and pepper. Taste is of sour orange rind, barnyard and pepper. Mouthfeel is puckering sour and a dry finish.

(Bit bottle from Pelgrims) Taste is pretty straightforward and one-dimensional soury. Under-par "Oude Geuze".

bottle 375ml EXP 04.062028 from Systembolaget Stockholm. golden yellow high white head. Pleasant complex sourness and fruity as well. Long lasting astringent palate. Delicious one. one third of the bottle used today’s dinner risotto instead of white wine.

Pours a beautiful hazy deep golden, big fluffy persistent white head. Violent carbonation which causes some bubbles to travel downwards, looks very cool. Sour aroma, slight herb and spice character. Big sour taste, too sour for my palate. Very dry, slight fruit. It’s almost like drinking white wine. This one is a bit sour for me, but I guess some people like that.

Pour was light golden with a very carbonated head. Had a smooth and light tart aroma with a hint of stale hops and light cheese. Had a dry but semi-sweet character with a very well blended musty flavor. I really enjoyed this one. Extremely complex but also really well blended.

Date: 15/1/09 Beer info: Bottled in brown 375ml corked bottle 6.5% abv BB 23 11 2027 Sampling Notes: Served chilled in pilsner glass. Hazy rosy gold body, creamy white head that grows and grows. Cidery sort of nose, plenty of funk with notes of cheese, wheat cereal and hay, white wine vinegar. Bit of sweatiness in the background, very complex overall, hard to describe. Light body, effervescent carbonation almost like softdrink, vinegary mouth-pucking acidity without being all too drying. Very complex body, hard to nail down individual flavours; lemon pith, ripe mature cheese, sharp peppery spice, sweaty basil leaves, raw wheat husk, apple cider and vinegar. I could talk crap about what this tastes like, but it has a unique "barnyard", I guess you could describe it, but thats a very broad term. Champagne-like beer with a huge complexity. Maybe not as appealing as their Kriek I tried previously though.

cloud yellow, thick smooth white head. acid and sour aroma, balanced. nice faintly dry vineagra acid aroma. extremely dry flavor, wild fermentation (brett?) is clearly in the flavor. grapefruit. refreshing. faint sweetness, flavor is round and makes room for many interesting tidbids. one of the better gueue i’ve tasted.

Tasted 23/02/2008. Wee champagne bottle from Regional Wines and Spirits (I think, it has been in the fridge for a long time - maybe it was Beerstore). Friggin’ spectacular. Creamy spanish white head that last forever has me as suspicious as the guy who doesn’t get the joke. How can a geuze look this good? Rose gold. Passed the Fritha test outstandingly - that is, I gave Fritha a sip and she screwed up her nose saying "Fuck that is awful, there is taste in there I can’t describe but it shouldn’t be in anything I consume." Is there baryard I ask? "Yes, but it is goatier than goat". With my homebrew I take those sorts of comments as the ultimate compliment. The more she hates it, the more I love it. Besides Liefmans Kriek, which we’re both quite fond of (not quite enough to name our next son Liefman, but almost). Sour as all buggery but so so soft once it warms up a little vents its lambic anger.